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E. O. MGGLAUFLIN.

CABLE ROAD.

No. 421,507. Patented Feb. 18.1890.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE O. MCGLAUFLIN, OF ANOKA, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM MOORORY,OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CABLE ROAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,50*?, datedFebruary 18, 1890.

Application tiled May 17, 1889. Serial No. 311.136. (No model.)

To all whom it may concerm Be it known that I, EUGENE O. MOGLAUE- LIN,of Anoka, in the county of Anoka and State of Minnesota, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cable Roads, of which thefollowing is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in cable roads for which LettersPatents were granted to me August 17, 1886, No. 347,624, and March 22,1887, N o. 359,802.

The object of my present invention is to provide an improved conduit andalso an improved means for supporting the rails of the track and thebeams which form the conduit and connecting the rails and conduit into asingle structure.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section of a cable road constructed inaccordance with my invention and employing the conduit `andcable-supporting sheaves described in my former patents.v Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing a different conduit.

In the drawings, 2 2 represent independa ent beams which form theconduit. These beams may be of the form or ordinary I-beams, as shown inFig. 1, or they Inay be provided at their lower edges with the outwardlyand inwardly projecting flanges 8 and t, and at their upper edges beprovided with the inturned iianges 5, which are preferably of the curvedform shown and having at their inner edges the upwardlysprojecting lips7. Yoke-shaped irons 8 extend beneath the beams forming the conduit andhave a depressed central horizontal portion and outwardextending armselevated on an incline to the horizontal portion, and then extendedhorizontally to receive the track-rails. Spacing-strips`9 are arrangedbetween the bot= toms of the conduit-beams and project over the flanges4. The spacing-strips 9 are secured to the irons 8 by means of suitablebolts 10. Clips 11 are arranged outside of the conduit and project overthe flanges 3, and are secured to the irons 8 by means of the bolts 12.The trackrails 15 are preferik ably supported upon the outer horizontalportions of the yoke-shaped irons 8, the tops of the rail beingsubstantially 011 a line with the tops of the conduit-beams. Adjustablebrace-rods 17 are secured to the upper portions of the conduit-beams,and their outer ends are secured either to the yokeshaped irons 8,inside of the track-rails, as shown in Fig. 1, or they are secureddirectly to the track-rails, as shown in Fig. 2. The ends of the rodsare threaded, and adj usting-nuts 18 are provided thereon, by whichmeans the 6o tops of the conduit-beams may be moved toward or from eachother, thus increasing ordiminishing the width of the slot in theconduit. In some instances I prefer to arrange a cablesupporting sheavein an up- 65 right position within the conduit and to sup-a port ituponastud 21. This is secured directly to the upright portion of one ofthe beams forming the conduit. The advantage of this arrangement is thatthe sheave is provided 7o with a firm support directly upon the Wall ofthe conduit at less cost than standards ar ranged in the conduit can beprovided. By forming the conduit of independent beams supported upontransverse yokes which also support the track-rails, I am enabled tocomn bine the conduit and the track-rails in a single light,'compact,and strong structure.' The conduit=beams are held in position by meansof the yokes and diagonal braces, and 8o the diagonal braces facilitatethe adjustment of the beams for regulating the size ot the slot betweenthem.

I claim as my invention-A 1. In a cable road, a conduit formed of in- 85dependent beams provided at their lower edges with outwardly andinwardly projecting horizontal ilanges, and at their upper edges withinwardly-projecting flanges and arranged with a narrow space or slotbetween 9o said fianges at the tops of the beams,a trans verse yoke 8,'having a horizontal central por fion and outwardly-extending armselevated on an incline to the central horizontal portion, spacinghstripsarranged between the anges at the bottoms of the beams, andlaterally-extending bracerods connected at one end to said beams and atthe other end to a support by screw-fnuts to adjust the width of theslot between the beams at their upper Ico ends, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination, with the transverse yokes 8, having a centralhorizontal portion and outwardly-extending arms elevated onv an inclineto the horizontal portion, of the upright beams provided at their upperedges with the inturned flanges 5 and at their lower edges with theoutwardly and inwardly projecting flanges 3 and 4, and means securingsaid beams to said yokes, with a narrow slot or space between the angesat the upper edges of the beams, substantially as described.

3. The, combination, with the transverse yokes 8, having a centralhorizontal portion` and outwardly-extending arms elevated on an inclineto the horizontal portion, and the track-rails l5, supported upon theouter ends of said yokes, of the upright beams provided with theinwardly-projecting flanges at their i upper edges and secured to saidyokes, with v a narrow slot 0r space between said flanges, isubstantially as described.

4. The combination, with the transverse!` yokes S, having a centralhorizontal portion J and outwardly-extending arms elevated on; anincline to the horizontal portion, and the track-rails supported uponthe outer ends of said yok'es, of the upright beams provided at theirupper edges with the inwardly-projecting flanges and secured upon saidbeams, with a narrow slot or space between said flanges, and theadjustable brace-rods secured to the upper portions of said beams.

5. The combination of the cable-conduits formed of independent beamsarranged side by side and provided at their upper edges withinwardly-projecting fianges, the yoke 8, having a central depressedhorizontal portion and outwardly-extending arms elevated on an inclineof the horizontal portion, lateral brace-rods connected at one end tosaid rails, and a cable-supporting sheave mounted on a stud secured tothe upright portionof one of said beams, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this th day of April, 1889.

EUGENE o. McGLAUELrN.

